tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post6061426643595747021..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-26215840998030466222011-06-23T08:01:21.340-04:002011-06-23T08:01:21.340-04:00Diana: I like your review quite a bit. I think you...Diana: I like your review quite a bit. I think you nail its strengths and the joys of Allen's love letter. Thanks for bringing your site to my attention.<br /><br />Sasha: #endlesshugsJake Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532951308638768249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-49275363434556381582011-06-23T00:39:24.314-04:002011-06-23T00:39:24.314-04:00I am hugging you and this movie right now. Group h...I am hugging you and this movie right now. Group hug.Sasha Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937042655777509436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-62161233161982821122011-06-20T18:21:55.331-04:002011-06-20T18:21:55.331-04:00Loved your review! Check out mine on my blog/webs...Loved your review! Check out mine on my blog/website--www.unhealedwound.com. Part of the review follows here: "Midnight in Paris” is, most of all, a comic walk down memory lane, for those viewers who can catch literary and artistic allusions to the period. A few examples: Hemingway speaks in sentence structures characteristic of his prose. Dali and Man Ray are called “not normal” surrealists. Gertrude Stein is the matriarch of a cultural elites’ salon with her lover Alice. Adriana, mistress of Picasso, played by the radiant Marion Cotillard, thrusts the pivotal lunge into the heart of this film when she asks Gil why he loves the 1920s. Gil utters the mantra embedded in all of Woody Allen’s movies–”Maybe the present is a little unsatisfying because life is a little unsatisfying.”Diana Y. Paulhttp://www.unhealedwound.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-23583581928812783782011-06-14T17:12:53.140-04:002011-06-14T17:12:53.140-04:00Those are great comparisons, Peter. Cotillard'...Those are great comparisons, Peter. Cotillard's been a presence since hitting it big with La Vie en Rose, but she's never been so utterly spellbinding as she is here. Everything just stops when she's on-screen.Jake Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532951308638768249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-54366198587766954102011-06-14T17:02:24.564-04:002011-06-14T17:02:24.564-04:00It's like Allen is constantly surprised to run...<i>It's like Allen is constantly surprised to run into her, conveying his trademark fluster through the lens as the camera tries to breathlessly apologize for stumbling upon her.</i><br /><br />Exactly, and with all due respect to Adrien Brody, it's her picture. And I don't want to get stuck in those they don't make em like they used to cliches, mainly because they're meaningless and silly, but the way Cotillard controls the camera's gaze is simply out of time--she reminded me of what Kim Novak and Anna Karina were once able to do, and I think her performance here warrants those comparisons.Peter Lenihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321136631371064331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-74097824358098158272011-06-14T15:37:06.001-04:002011-06-14T15:37:06.001-04:00Thanks, Jonny and Steven. I saw it in Auburn with ...Thanks, Jonny and Steven. I saw it in Auburn with a crowd that clearly didn't get the references but still laughed consistently and all seemed to walk out happy. It's just a lovely film.Jake Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532951308638768249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-10103417511754452992011-06-14T15:35:19.761-04:002011-06-14T15:35:19.761-04:00Fantastic review. I saw this film this Sunday and...Fantastic review. I saw this film this Sunday and fell in love with it. For me, it's Woody making I think a film that goes up there with the classics he's made in the late 70s and 1980s. I really think he did a fabulous job. I had a great time watching it and the audience I saw it with walked out with a smile in their face. It was that good and that made it a more enjoyable viewing experience for me.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-88341082916526810652011-06-14T09:35:02.040-04:002011-06-14T09:35:02.040-04:00Great review here. Although I haven't seen the...Great review here. Although I haven't seen the film yet, I'm really looking forward to it and based on your insights, it looks like I won't be disappointed.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10656287096270976604noreply@blogger.com